Port Orange ready for Family Days

Friday

Sep 23, 2011 at 12:01 AMAug 22, 2012 at 3:03 PM

Blues and Sinatra music, a Mascot Waffle Breakfast, carnival rides and more will be part of the 16th annual Port Orange Family Days.

The event will be Thursday through Oct. 2 at the Port Orange City Center, 1000 City Center Circle. Admission is free, but there is a charge for carnival rides and food. For more information, call 386-506-5935 or go online at familydays.com.

The event will include a carnival with rides and games from 5 to 10 p.m. Thursday, 5 to 11 p.m. Sept. 30, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Oct. 1 and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 2.

The Marc Monteson Quartet will present the "Swingin' Sounds of Sinatra" from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the City Center Amphitheater. The movie "Rio" will be shown at 7 p.m. Sept. 30 at the amphitheater. Admission to both is free.

Family Days' community expo will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 1-2 and will feature exhibits by local businesses, non-profit groups, schools and civic organizations, plus food vendors, street performers, face painting and a Storybook Land for children.

The Mascot Waffle Breakfast will be 8 to 9:30 a.m. Oct. 1 at the amphitheater and will feature appearances by Cubby, the mascot of the Daytona Cubs, plus Rae Rae, the Gecko, Red Robin, Mr. Bee, Chick-Fil-A Cow, high school mascots and others. Cost is $3.

The Family Days Parade will begin at 10 a.m. Oct. 1 around the circle at City Center. The Mutt Strut will immediately follow the parade.

Among the entertainment at the amphitheater will be the Spruce Creek High School Jazz Band at 11 a.m. Oct. 1, blues guitarist Bill "the Sauce Boss" Wharton at 7 p.m. Oct. 1, and the Timmy Rivers Band at 1 p.m. Oct. 2.

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